How to keep our healthcare in shape!
22-11-2023
Tamara Pinos Cisneros, researcher and PhD candidate at the research group Digital Life, was selected in November to present her design research project for healthcare in the Healthcare in Shape symposium for the CareTech Research Session. The aim of this symposium was to reflect on current practices and create awareness to the processes of evidence-based design for healthcare. Venue was the TU Delft.
Overall the Healthcare in Shape symposium is the leading annual event exploring the intersection of design, technology and healthcare. It welcomes all healthcare professionals, researchers, designers, policy makers and students with an interest or expertise in rethinking, designing, implementing and evaluating novel solutions and strategies for a Healthcare system in Shape.
Designers and healthcare providers share a common goal: to keep individuals, communities and societies in shape by addressing health issues along a continuum from wellness to serious illness. How do you design an evidence-based, future-proof, high quality, sustainable and inclusive health system?
The day began with NWO president Marcel Levi reminding the participants that our healthcare systems have never been more advanced. At the same time, the pressures on healthcare are forcing to radically rethink the way we deliver care and deal with workforce shortages.
The presentation of Tamara about her research project Toys4Therapy was also enthusiastically received by the participants! It gave her the opportunity to share her latest insights as well as some limitations.